Bazu Worku wins Lake Biwa Marathon

Ethiopiaâ€™s Bazu Worku broke away from Kenyaâ€™s defending champion Vincent Kipruto with less than two kilometres to go to win the 69thÂ edition of Lake Biwa Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in 2:09:10 on Sunday (2).

It was Workuâ€™s fourth marathon win in five outings since the start of last year, having also won in Houston both in 2013 and in January this year, as well as the 2013 Grandmaâ€™s Marathon in Duluth, USA, and he also finished second in the Marathon Eindhoven in October.